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They had some really bad experience with their existing Mig-29K, their have really low serviceability.
When Russians did the rebuild for INS Vikramaditya they did this very sneaky thing where they designed the lift to be just big enough for Mig-29K, and Mig-29K is really small when folded:
Which pretty much means no other carrier fighter can fit on them, thereby locking Indians into Mig-29K for that carrier. And yes those lifts are sort of in the middle of the ship and not on the edges so you can't stick the back of the plane outside like an edge lift either.
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Those are simply her original lifts(from Baku).
The sneaky thing (actually just following Indian own requirement) was designing Vikrant lifts no larger.
JAI Hind mentality is why, and yet those folks have the audacity and mendacity to make fun of Type 003 Fujian for not having a plane when the supposed "finished" INS Vikrant don't even have any or don't know which plane to have. Indian mindset and their delusions of grandeur have no equal.
Due to the limited length of their construction dry dock, the ski jump is stretched far beyond the bow underside. And with a sharp and narrow bow underside and without bulbous, the carrier is prone to skipping like a happy kangaroo. Yes, it is more likely the bobbing thing. They just have to secured down everything while under sail and endure the drenching.
PiSigma
"the engineer"
The funny thing is that since it's a ski jump design and need a need windspeed over it to even have planes fly off, there is no way to avoid the bopping. If they slow the ship down to give a smoother ride so the planes can take off, then there is not enough wind speed. If they go fast, the ship go full kangaroo and the planes can't take off.
Maybe that's why they haven't picked a plane for it yet, they need to find one that can take off with a load in low ship speeds with no wind and a ski jump or can handle that bopping bow.
broadsword
Brigadier
If they time it well, they get the free lift from the trampoline effect.
What? You Chinese are just envious per usual. That's actually Indian Stealth fighter program on the background. Jai Hind
Yes I thought the Indians have successfully applied cloaking technology on their fighter jets. RCS of 0.000001 cm2, or the strand of a hair.